Downtown parking has been an issue in Ruston for decades. The argument is always the same: Without stringent regulations, businesspeople and employees who park in front of their stores or offices will continue to do so, thus discouraging shoppers.
There’s been considerable trash talking in Lincoln Parish lately. Not the insulting kind that gets you in trouble, but the kind that looks to put litter in its place.
Fact is fact, tragedy notwithstanding: Lincoln Parish and the other 23 parishes in the 5th Congressional District have no representation in Washington, D.C.
Louisiana has joined the relatively short list of states with a mobile phone app that’s supposed to let users know if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19.
Ruston’s Board of Aldermen received some good news at its first meeting of the new year: Sales tax collections for January through November of 2020 were up 4% over the previous year.